Has anyone ever had a spinal tap?

Originally posted by darvlay
results in your brain being "loose" in your skull.

Ahh, it's all so clear now!

Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
I have to have one tomorrow 🙁 is it true that it can paralyse you if you move? and is it done with local anaesthetic?

nah, but i once had a cucumber down my...i mean, erm, tin foil?

Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
I didnt have to have 1, just had other far less painful tests 🙂 The neurologist said i had a damaged nerve in my leg, which isnt ideal but at least its not a brain disorder 🙂

Glad to hear it. 🙂

Originally posted by dottewell
(I think he was commenting on your spelling of "lumbar", BTW.)

Us Doctors don't bother too much with spelling, as he's probably noticed on his prescriptions. Which I would assume he has had plenty of in the past.😉


Good news Bone Doc.

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Us Doctors don't bother too much with spelling, as he's probably noticed on his prescriptions. Which I would assume he has had plenty of in the past.😉


Good news Bone Doc.

I don't want any doctor treating me who doesn't know the difference between vertebrae and wood. It seems I have more medical knowledge than you do doctor, and lumber isn't a common mispelling, you'd only do that if you never had to memorize the word.

Originally posted by UmbrageOfSnow
I don't want any doctor treating me who doesn't know the difference between vertebrae and wood.

Spelling something slightly differently when in a rush hardly means one doesn't know the difference between them.
For example; are you trying to say the people who write "there" meaning "their" don't KNOW the difference? Sheesh!
I'm a Doctor, not a bleedin' pedant.

Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
Very true Dr SL, were in the business of curing people's ills not writing literature🙂

Thank you,my learned colleague. 😉